The Jesus Trail
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The Jesus Trail, is a 65-km hiking and pilgrimage route in the Galilee region of Israel that connecting many sites from the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. The trail begins in Nazareth, and passes through Sepphoris, Cana, the Horns of Hattin, the Arbel Cliffs, the Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Tabgha, the Mount of Beatitudes, the Jordan River and Mount Tabor.
Understand
The Jesus Trail was founded by two young hikers, Maoz Inon and David Landis in 2007, and the trail was marked in 2009. It is managed and promoted largely by the volunteers, and is a non-profit project.
Get in
Beginning at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, the route winds through the Old City up to the Salesian Church and continues on to Zippori National Park, Mash'had and Cana for the first day. The trail is blazed with white/orange/white painted stripes, and more information can be found on the trail's official website, linked at the top of the page.
- — beginning of the Jesus Trail
- — a kibbutz
- — a village (nearby ruins thought to be the ancient site of Arbel)
- — twin peaks of an extinct volcano. Besides the Mount of Beatitudes, is considered by a few as the site where Jesus dilivered the Sermon on the Mount
- — thought to be where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount
- — (return via different route)
- — Jordan River flows into the Sea of Galilee and the contnues to flow toward the Dead Sea
- (Nebi Shu’eib) — Druze holy shrine
- — believed to be the site of the Tranfiguration of Christ (via different return route)
- — (via different return route)